روانشناسی عصب شناختی

1. روانشناسی عصب شناختی Evaluation and treatment of individuals with brain dysfunction.

2. Differential neurologic diagnosis Acute versus static Focal versus diffuse Location of damage

3. Establishment of a baseline for neuropsychological performance from which future evaluations can assess improvement or deterioration Descriptions of the effects of brain dysfunction on Behavior Determinations of disability levels for compensation in personal injury litigation Evaluation of vocational potential Assessment of environmental needs after discharge from hospital (disposition planning)

4. Development of remedial methods for rehabilitation of the individual brain-damaged patient Measurement of residual abilities during rehabilitation Patient management

5. Reliability is the stability or dependability of a test score as reflected in its consistency on repeated measurement of the same individual. The validity of a test is the meaningfulness of specific inferences made from the test scores; that is, does the test really measure what it was intended to measure?

6. Neuropsychological tests Achievement tests Behavioral-adaptive scales Intelligence tests

7. O R I E N T A T I O N ( A R O U S A L ) “What is your full name?” “Where do you live?” “How old are you?”

8. Orientation Arousal Degree of confusion Disorientation Place Person Time Awareness of change/time

9. Sensation/Perception Recognition Familiarity of stimuli Relationship among features Visual acuity Auditory Taste/smell Tactile/proprioceptive Internal/environmental Awareness

10. Attention Span Selective attention Shifting Sustained attention Vigilance Neglect Fatigue

11. Motor Cerebral dominance Initiation and perseveration Manual dexterity Graphomotor skills Balance Ambulation Motor speed Speech regulation Motor strength

12. Visuospatial Construction Route finding Spatial orientation Facial recognition

13. Language Skills Receptive speech (following directions, reading comprehension) Expressive speech (verbal fluency, naming, writing, math) Articulation (stuttering, stammering, articulation voice, fluency) Speech production (articulation fluency, voice) Syntax and grammar Aphasias: Broca’s, Wernicke’s, conduction, fluent, transcortical, subcortical

14. Memory Verbal Visual Immediate Short term Long term Recognition Encoding Storage Retrieval Chunking Declarative Procedural

15. Abstract Reasoning/Conceptualization Comprehension Judgment Calculations Problem solving Organizational abilities Higher level reasoning Sequencing

16. Emotional/Psychological Distress Depression Attitude toward rehabilitation Motivation Locus of control Family relationships Group interaction One-to-one interaction Behavioral impulsivity Aggressive/confrontational

17. Activities of Daily Living Toileting Dressing Bathing Transferring Continence Feeding